Background
Gefke, Henry Jerome was born on August 4, 1930 in Milwaukee. Son of Jerome Henry and Frances (Daley) Gefke.
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Henry Jerome Gefke
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Bachelor of Science, Marquette U., 1952; Bachelor of Laws, Marquette U., 1954; postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1955-1956.
Career
Accountant-auditor, John G. Conley & Company (Certified Public Accountants), Milwaukee, 1956-1959; with, J.I. Case Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1959-1968; corporation secretary, assistant general counsel, J.I. Case Company, 1965-1968; associate, Maier & Mulcahy, South Carolina., Milwaukee, 1968-1969; principal, Mulcahy, Gefke & Wherry, South Carolina., Milwaukee, 1969-1973; individual practice law, Milwaukee, since 1973. Corporation officer, director various business corporations.
Achievements
Membership
President, board directors Big Brothers, Greater Racine, 1965-1967. Trustee Racine County Institutions, 1960-1963. Board directors, secretary, legal counsel Racine Transitional Care, Inc., 1973-1976.
Board directors, legal counsel Our Home Foundation, Milwaukee, 1979-1982. Board directors Racine county Mental Health Association, 1963-1967,Alliance for Mentally Ill Milwaukee County, 1986-1988. Board directors, secretary, legal counsel Glendale Economics Development Corporation, since 1996.
Board directors Glendale Business Council, 1996-1997, treasurer, board directors Glendale Association of Commerce, Inc., since 1997. Member Wisconsin Bar Association, Milwaukee Bar Association, Wisconsin Institute Certified Public Accountant's, Delta Sigma Pi, Delta Theta Phi.
Connections
Married Caroline Ann Lawrence, June 25, 1955 (divorced January 1968). Children: Brian Lawrence, David Jerome. Married Mary Clare Nuss, August 28, 1976.
Children: Lynn Marie, James Scott.
